The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 2099
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
12:20 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2188
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.72° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.88° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.